Aeroflot Flight 418

Aeroflot Flight 418

An Aeroflot Tu-154 similar to the one involved in the accident (1978)
Accident summary
Date 1 June 1976
Summary Controlled flight into terrain
Site Bioko, Equatorial Guinea
3°30′N 8°42′E / 3.500°N 8.700°E / 3.500; 8.700Coordinates: 3°30′N 8°42′E / 3.500°N 8.700°E / 3.500; 8.700
Passengers 42
Crew 4
Fatalities 46
Aircraft type Tupolev Tu-154A
Operator Aeroflot
Registration CCCP-85102
Flight origin Quatro de Fevereiro Airport, Luanda, Angola
Destination Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia

Aeroflot Flight 418 refers to a Tupolev Tu-154A, registration CCCP-85102, that was operating the first leg of an international scheduled LuandaMalaboKinshasaTripoli–Moscow passenger service under the airline's International Civil Aviation Directorate, and crashed on 1976-6-1.[1]

Description

The aircraft was en route from Quatro de Fevereiro Airport to Malabo International Airport, when it struck a mountain 750 metres (2,460 ft) high at Bioko, Equatorial Guinea.[1] Initial reports claiming that there were 46 people aboard were later confirmed, with the aircraft actually having 42 passengers and a crew of four on board; all of them perished in the accident.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 7 September 2011.
  2. "Aeroflot known accident record 1966–76". Flight International: 1695. 11 December 1976. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  3. "Public-transport accidents". Flight International: 1547. 12 June 1976. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012. An Aeroflot Tu-154 is missing on a flight from Luanda to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, as we go to press. It is reported to be carrying a total of 46 crew and passengers.
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